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- Psychology matters…Psychology is at work all around us, in surprising places, having a real impact that changes lives. Here, we curate a collection of articles and interviews from The Psychologist around that theme…
- Is not going out the 'new normal'?Recent work suggests that the Covid-19 pandemic may have accelerated trends towards staying home.
- The childfree: a neglected population?Ella Rhodes speaks with Psychologists researching conversations and motivations around the decision not to have children.
- The new rules of moneyReframing our understanding of homelessness, challenging consumer culture, considering behavioural nudges in advertising, and more…
- The older we get, the later we think 'old age' startsShifting ideas about what it means to be old, as well as our own situations, are leading us to postpone what we think of as ‘old age’.
- Dispelling myths about randomisationMarcus Munafò explores randomisation processes.
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‘Simply sit with me in the dark’
25 November 2024
Natalie Carpenter on the empathy and connection needed to bear the unbearable.
Can’t, not won’t: Rethinking school avoidance
27 November 2024
Educational Psychologist Meg Fairclough considers the research and what can be done.
Homeworking – what have we learned?
22 November 2024
Gail Kinman and Christine Grant.
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The childfree: a neglected population?
31 October 2024
Ella Rhodes speaks with Psychologists researching conversations and motivations around the decision not to have children.
‘Dad jokes? That’s the way eye roll…’
14 March 2023
Marc Hye-Knudsen on the pedagogical value of a much-maligned art form.
‘Too much focus on trying to understand the narcissist is very much part of the problem’
10 October 2023
Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Dr Sarah Davies, author of a new book How to leave a narcissist… for good.
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Should psychologists embrace AI-powered hypothesis generation?
Emma Young on recent papers and commentaries.
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‘I am certain psychology will see many more train wrecks’
05 December 2024
Our editor Jon Sutton has some questions for Ruth Leys, author of Anatomy of a Train Wreck: The Rise and Fall of Priming Research (University of Chicago Press); plus an extract.
Trust me, it’s fake news
02 December 2024
An extract from 'The Suggestible Brain: The Science and Magic of How We Make Up Our Minds' by Amir Raz.
Five lessons I’ve learned on trauma
21 November 2024
Philippa Smethurst on themes from her new book, ‘20 Ways To Break Free From Trauma’.
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- Health psychologyWe gather together pieces around Health Psychology and Health Psychologists.
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‘For me, it's just about telling complicated, grey area human stories’
Jon Ronson and Sander van der Linden in conversation.
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- Big pictureFor several years, we carried 'centrespread' posters with an emphasis on the visual… here, we collect them together.
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The psychology of friends
27 July 2021
We trawled our archive for insights into why friendship matters and how we can connect safely during the pandemic.
From the archives: Suicide
10 August 2015
We share links from The Psychologist and Research Digest archives.
Action on climate change
09 October 2019
What can psychology do about climate change? Find out in these articles from our pages.
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The ultimate psychology reading list
20 February 2024
Since 2008, The Psychologist has been asking people in its 'One on One' section for 'One book or journal article that all psychologists should read'. Here we collect their answers.
Eye on fiction
20 April 2020
Our series of 'eye on fiction' pieces from over the years, collected.
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